The Blennies: Blenniidze 509 
belong to other related genera, Chasmodes bosquianus being 
most common. Blennius yatabet abounds in Japan. In Petro- 
\ Yarn 
aot = 
Kme rita 
Fic. 451.—Lizard-skipper, Alticus saliens (Forster). A blenny which lies out of 
water on lava rocks, leaping from one to another with great agility. From 
nature; specimen from Point Distress, Tutuila Island, Samoa. (About one- 
half size.) 
species are mainly Asiatic and Polynesian and are very prettily: 
colored. Petroscirtes elegans and P. trossulus adorn the Japanes# 
